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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce MRSA bloodstream infections that people get in the hospital — HAI‑02 Data

Most Recent Data:
0.90 Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) (2022)

Target:
0.50 SIR

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
1.00 was the national Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) for hospital-onset MRSA bacteremia infections in 2015

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Invasive healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, 2015-2022
(Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR))
Decrease desired

Population 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
1.00
0.94
CI 0.92 / 0.96
0.86
CI 0.84 / 0.88
0.84
CI 0.82 / 0.86
0.82
CI 0.80 / 0.84
0.94
CI 0.92 / 0.96
1.07
CI 1.05 / 1.09
0.90
CI 0.89 / 0.92